1. c. 38, $15; Id. lib. 3, c. 10, § 3—Lex judicialis. An ordeal.—Lex manifesta. Manifest or open law: the trial by duel or ordeal. The same with lea apparens, (g. v.) In King John’s charter (chapter 38) and the articles of that charter (chapter 28) the word “manifestam” is omitted. —Lex non scripta. . mon law, which includes general and particular customs, and particular local laws.—Lex sacramentalis. Purgation by oath.—Lex soripta. Written law; law deriving its force, not from usage, but from: Se legislative enactment: statute law. 1 Bl. Comm. 62, 85.—-Lez terrse. The law of the land. The common law, or the due course of the common law: the